--- title: "12 Long time Quotes By David Levithan" description: "12 Long time quotes by David Levithan. Plus more from David Levithan and more Long time sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd8/david-levithan-67_long_love-me-less-but-love-me-for-a-long-time_2386901.jpg" --- > [Love me less, but love me for a long time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/love-me-less-but-love-me-for-a-long-time/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd8/david-levithan-67_long_love-me-less-but-love-me-for-a-long-time_2386901.jpg) > [We found out a long time ago that we weren’t meant to fall in love with each other. But a part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/we-found-out-a-long-time-ago-that-we-weren-t-meant-to-fall-in-love/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91a/david-levithan-67_fall_we-found-out-a-long-time-ago-that-we-wer_741008.jpg) > [“ tenet , n . At the end of the French movie, the lover sings, "Love me less, but love me for a long time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/tenet-n-at-the-end-of-the-french-movie-the-lover-sings-love-me-less/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25d/david-levithan-67_long-time_tenet-n-at-the-end-of-the-french-movie-t_2712848.jpg) > [People often say that when couples are married for a long time, they start to look alike. I don't believe that. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/people-often-say-that-when-couples-are-married-for-a-long-time-they/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d1/david-levithan-67_alike_people-often-say-that-when-couples-are-m_2736707.jpg) > [“I realize that two years is not a long time. I realize that even ten years is not a long time. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-realize-that-two-years-is-not-a-long-time-i-realize-that-even-ten/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/019/david-levithan-67_long-time_i-realize-that-two-years-is-not-a-long-t_1941531.jpg) > [“Because I have this theory that when we die, every animal that we've eaten has a chance at eating us back. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/because-i-have-this-theory-that-when-we-die-every-animal-that-we-ve/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/david-levithan-67_carnivore_because-i-have-this-theory-that-when-we_3124937.jpg) > [“I stopped trying to figure it out a long time ago. I'm never going to figure it out,any more than a normal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-stopped-trying-to-figure-it-out-a-long-time-ago-i-m-never-going-to/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/815/david-levithan-67_long-time_i-stopped-trying-to-figure-it-out-a-long_1140274.jpg) > [“Are you a vegetarian?” I ask, based on the evidence in front of me. She nods. “Why?” “Because I have this theory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/are-you-a-vegetarian-i-ask-based-on-the-evidence-in-front-of-me-she/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10a/david-levithan-67_long-time_are-you-a-vegetarian-i-ask-based-on-the_951333.jpg) > [“I prayed last night, too,' she said to me, glaring at Mary Catherina's direction. 'I prayed for a good long time to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-prayed-last-night-too-she-said-to-me-glaring-at-mary-catherina-s/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/david-levithan-67_last-night_i-prayed-last-night-too-she-said-to-me-g_2100353.jpg) > [“So there we were. Once upon a time, during the storybook version of dating we'd gone through, I'd pretended that it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/so-there-we-were-once-upon-a-time-during-the-storybook-version-of/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1af/david-levithan-67_ex-boyfriends_so-there-we-were-once-upon-a-time-during_1175653.jpg) > [Are you a vegetarian?' I ask, based on the evidence in front of me. She nods. 'Why?' 'Because I have this theory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/are-you-a-vegetarian-i-ask-based-on-the-evidence-in-front-of-me-she-2/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/090/david-levithan-67_add_are-you-a-vegetarian-i-ask-based-on-the_1800265.jpg) > [“I don't know how this works. Or why. I stopped trying to figure it out a long time ago. I'm never going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-don-t-know-how-this-works-or-why-i-stopped-trying-to-figure-it-out/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/david-levithan-67_existence_i-don-t-know-how-this-works-or-why-i-sto_2987849.jpg) ## Other authors on Long time ## More by David Levithan > [“When you jump, all you're going to do is fall. But leaping? Leaping is when you think there's something on the other side.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/when-you-jump-all-you-re-going-to-do-is-fall-but-leaping-leaping-is/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) > [“The past and the future are what's complicated. It's the present that's simple. And the simplicity is the sensation of it being just her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/the-past-and-the-future-are-what-s-complicated-it-s-the-present-that/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) > [“I hate the way you talk to me And the way you cut your hair I hate the way you drive my car I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-hate-the-way-you-talk-to-me-and-the-way-you-cut-your-hair-i-hate/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) > [You could be the leaf that never falls from the tree you could be the sun that never leaves the sky this might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/you-could-be-the-leaf-that-never-falls-from-the-tree-you-could-be-the/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) > [“Patrick: Is she worth the trouble? Cameron: I thought she was- Patrick: Either she is, or she isn't. So give it a shot, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/patrick-is-she-worth-the-trouble-cameron-i-thought-she-was-patrick/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) > [“We saw our friends die. But we also see our friends live. So many of them live, and we often toast their long and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/we-saw-our-friends-die-but-we-also-see-our-friends-live-so-many-of/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) > [maybe tonight you're scared of falling, and maybe there's somebody here or somewhere else you're thinking about, worrying over, fretting over, trying to figure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/maybe-tonight-you-re-scared-of-falling-and-maybe-there-s-somebody/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) > [“You never told me what you saw in him, not convincingly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/you-never-told-me-what-you-saw-in-him-not-convincingly/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) > [“i nod to the other will grayson, up onstage. he nods to me. we have something between us, him and me. but the truth?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-nod-to-the-other-will-grayson-up-onstage-he-nods-to-me-we-have/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) > [The terrorists-those nineteen people, with hundreds or maybe thousands behind them-did the worst thing you can possibly imagine. But tens of millions people did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/the-terrorists-those-nineteen-people-with-hundreds-or-maybe-thousands/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) > [But I still has enough longing for that concept that I didn't want to dispel it completely. Meaning: I didn't want to tell Lily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/but-i-still-has-enough-longing-for-that-concept-that-i-didn-t-want-to/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) > [“When you break someone's heart, you also break yours.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/when-you-break-someone-s-heart-you-also-break-yours/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) > [“Because toward the end all the words started leaving. Except for the ones that had to lock up at the end of the night.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/because-toward-the-end-all-the-words-started-leaving-except-for-the/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) > [“ misgivings , n . Last night, I got up the courage to ask you if you regretted us. "There are things I miss,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/misgivings-n-last-night-i-got-up-the-courage-to-ask-you-if-you/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) > [“Saving others is always more important than saving yourself. It has to be, or none of us would do any good.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/saving-others-is-always-more-important-than-saving-yourself-it-has-to/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/long-time/david-levithan/#itemlist", "name": "12 Long time Quotes By David Levithan", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love me less, but love me for a long time", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Levithan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/love-me-less-but-love-me-for-a-long-time/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd8/david-levithan-67_long_love-me-less-but-love-me-for-a-long-time_2386901.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd8/david-levithan-67_long_love-me-less-but-love-me-for-a-long-time_2386901.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd8/david-levithan-67_long_love-me-less-but-love-me-for-a-long-time_2386901.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Love me less, but love me for a long time” — David Levithan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We found out a long time ago that we weren’t meant to fall in love with each other. 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